Edouard de virgile



I (No Model.) i E. DE VIRGILE. i TOY 0R PUZZLE.

N0..486,141. Patented Nov. 15, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDOUARD DE VIRGI LE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADRIEN BONNET,

OF SAME PLACE.

TOY OR PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,141, dated November15, 1892.

Application filed November 3, 1891. Serial No. 410.788. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDOUARD DE VIRGILE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anddesigned a new, useful, and original Toy or Puzzle, of which thefollowing .is a specification, reference being had to the drawingsherewith submitted and forming a part thereof.

Figure 1 represents the three parts or pieces of celluloid or other thintough flexible material of which the toy orpuzzle is composed, takenseparately and apart. Fig. 2 represents the said three parts or piecescomposing the toy or puzzle joined or combined together in such a manneras to give rise to the problem which constitutes the puzzleviz., how toseparate them Without tearing, destroying, or injuring the parts or anyof them; Fig. 3, as far as practicable, the solution of the problem orpuzzleviz.,the mannerof takingthe pieces apart as aforesaid.

What I claim is- In a puzzle, the combination of three pieces ofcelluloid or similar thin tough flexible material of the shape andrelative proportions described, and illustrated in the drawings abovereferred to, and for the purpose set forth.

Dated New York, October 21,1891.

ED. DE VIRGILE.

Witnesses:

MAURICE LEMAITRY, P. LEWIS ANDERSON.

